Child&#39;s plate or dish.



J. G. MATTHEWS.

CHILD'S PLATE 0R DISH.

APPLIOAT ION FILED FEB. 23, 1909.

949,025 a Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR ,mr/L.

ATTOR N EY JENNIE C. MATTHEWS, 01? DALLAS, TEXAS.

CHILDS PLATE OR DISH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Application filed February 23, 1909. Serial No. 479,422.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE C. MATTHEWS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Plates orDishes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and usegul improvements in a childsplate or dis The object of the invention is to provide a childs plate,bowl or dish of simple and inexpensive construction, which may besecured to the shelf of a childs chair in such a way that it will not bethrown on the floor and broken, and cannot be overturned.

A'further object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice for securing the plate or dish to the shelf of a childs chair, insuch a manner as to be convenient for use, and at the same time may beeasily removed for cleansing and quickly replaced for further use.

Finally, the object of my invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described that will be strong, durable, simple andcomparatively inexpensive to construct, and also one in which theseveral parts will not he likely to get out of workin order.

With the above and other 0 jects in view,-

the invention has relation to certain novel features, an example ofwhich is described in the specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Flgure 1 is a front elevation of my improved dish showing it in positionand ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing in detailthe manner in which the plate is secured to the receiving holder or cup,and the manner in which the receiving holder or cup may be secured tothe shelf of a childs chair.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing; the numeral 1 designatesa plate that may be of any pattern desired, and which to its bottom hasa circular cup 2 provided with an ordinary tongue 3 adapted to en age agroove 4 in a corresponding receiving holder or cup 5 which is rigidlysecured t0 a'body Sat 7 by set screw 8.

The dish or plate 1 may be made of any suitable material, and instead ofthe tongue and groove connect-ion shown, other convenient connection maybe provided.

v It is also obvious that the plate 1 may be easily and quickly removedand disengaged from the rigidly secured receiving cup 5 and cleansed andreplaced quickly for use.

What I claim, is:

In a device of the character described, the combination with a plate, ofa cup carried by the plate provided with a tongue adapted to engage thegroove in a corresponding receiving cu holder adapted to receive the,cup carrie by the plate, and means'for securing the said receiving cupto a body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of ,two subscribing witnesses.

. J ENNIE O. MATTHEWS.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. MURRAY, Jnssm KIRK.

